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Leung Kwok-hung

Leung Kwok-hung – aka “Long Hair” (on left) – was among a small group of protesters keeping vigil outside the office of Hong Kong’s chief executive on Monday morning.

A veteran Hong Kong protest leader says this isn’t a revolution — yet

Global Politics

Some of the leaders of the Hong Kong protests are kids too young to vote. But they also include some veteran political personalities from the Chinese territory, including a 58-year-old left-wing legislator named Leung Kwok-hung, who calls Beijing’s moves in Hong Kong “shameless.”

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